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I ROSBTTE FOR BRIDLES. No. 279,677. Patented June 19,1883.

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GEORGE WALKER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

ROSETTE FOR BRIDLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,677, dated June 19,1883.

Application filed October 30, 1882. (No model.)

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The object of this invention is to increase the beauty and effectivenessof bridle-rosettes; and it consists in the arrangement and combinationof parts, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and. finallyembodied in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters ofreference indicate like parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1.illustrates a portion of a bridle to which my improved rosette has beenapplied. Fig. 2 illustrates in detail the several parts, mostly insection, which go to make up the said rosette; and Fig. 3 illustrates aloop-piece in combination with the front and crown straps, the outerportion of the rosette being removed.

In said drawings, a represents the crownstrap, and b the front strap, ofa bridle, which engage with one another in the usual manner. f indicatesa loop-piece, which lies in the slit in the strap a and through whichthe loop in the ends of the front b passes, as will be understood uponreference to Fig. 3. The looppiece f is provided with a projectingscrewshank, g, which receives atl1umbnut, c, preferably of an ornamentaldesign. Between said loop-piece f and nut c is secured a metallic plate,e, recessed to receive a thin sheet of celluloid, d, the said partsbeing held together by the nut being screwed upon the shank. Severaldifferent styles of plates 6 may be sold with the bridle and changes bemadeas circumstances or inclination may dictate; or the plate d maylikewise be substituted for a different color or design, so that a fewduplicates of portions d and e of various designs will be capable ofproducing a large number of combinations and effects. I prefer that theplate e be recessed, so that a projecting margin will cover and protectthe edge of the plate (1.

It is evident that the shank 9 may be formed upon the nut in reverseorder to that shown without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and wish to secure byLetters Patent,

As an improved'article of manufacture, a

GEORGE WALKER.

Witnesses:

OLIVER DRAKE, CHARLES H. PELL.

